Journal-bearing.



T. H. BOWER.

.JOUHNAL BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1918.

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THOMAS H. BOWER, 0F RICHMOND,

JOURNAL-BEARING.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

Application filed May 25, 1818. Serial No. 236,575.

the purpose of holding the lubricant.

Another object is to provide a bearing which requires the minimum amount of machinery, so as to reduce the cost of manufacture and at the same time so construct the hearing as to increase the life of the same.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will appear when the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bear ing constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on a line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. t is a perspective view of the lubricant retaining section of the bearing removed from the bearing proper, the plates of which this section is formed being shown in separate relation;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating the use of an oil pan in connection with the bearing.

Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section taken approximately on the central line of Fig. 2. Referring in detail to the drawings, the reference character 10 indicates the bearing section of the hearing, or that section which carries the Babbitt metal lining 11, which contacts with the journal.

The novelty of the present invention resides in the manner of retaining lubricant within the bearing and for this purpose the bearing section 10 is provided with vertically disposed. alined slots 12 at one end the object being to provide a novel and the slot 18, prevents the removal of of oil as a lubricant, a pan thereof and horizontally disposed alined plate 14 for the purpose ofclosing this end of the section 10, while the slots 13 receive a bottom plate 15, slidable in said slots beneath the end plate 12. The plate 15 serves to close the bottom of the section 10 and to retain the end plate 14 in position. A second end plate 16 is adapted to be secured to the opposite end of the section 10, the plate 16 being provided at its lower end with a tongue 17, adaptedfor engagement with a slot 18 formed in the adjacent end of the plate 15. Apertured ears 19 are formed upon opposite sides of the end plate 16 and are adapted to'receive' suitable fastening devices 20 for the purpose of'securing the said plate to the section 10. This plate through the interlocking engagement of the tongue-17 wigh t e bottom plate 15 so that all the plates are securely held in position. Threaded openings 21 may be provided in the bottom plate 15 for the purpose of receiving grease indicators (not shown).

For the purpose of permitting of the use 22 may be placed within the bearing and held in-position by means of the plates, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. This permits of the use of the bearing with either grease or oil as a lubricant and in either case provides for the ready removal of the lubricant holding section for the purpose of repacking or renewing the lubricant.

Various changes may be made in the form, proportion and minor details of construe tion and the right is reserved to make all changes as will properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, claimed is 1. A bearing comprising an upper hearing section provided with end and bottom grooves, an end plate slidable in the end groove, a bottom plate slidable in the bottom groove and engageable under the end plate to hold the latter in position, a second end plate, means whereby the last mentioned what is e letter 51;- position, a second end means whereby the last mentioned plate may be secured to the bearing section 221:1 a tangle slot connection between 1 plate and file said second end wfiflflcking means between plate,

bearing comprising section previed with 

